Career Services from Measurability

OPQ32  Occupational Personality Questionnaire is the most popular and commonly used Occupational Personality Questionnaire. It was developed by SHL and has been the leading personality questionnaire on the market for over two decades. It is available in many languages and online to assist ease of access.

OPQ32 – How can it help?

Occupational Personality Questionnaires provide an indication of an individual’s preferred behavioural style at work; provide you with in-depth information on how a candidate will fit into certain work environments, how they will work with other people and how they will cope with different job requirements. The OPQ32 is used in selection, development, team building, succession planning and organizational change.

OPQ32 is most used for Graduate, Management & Professional recruitment. It is the leading personality questionnaire in the market. There is a wide range of recruitment reports available from the OPQ32.

Measurability a SHL partner – OPQ32

Measurability offers assessment solutions to organisations to enhance their current recruitment process. We use SHL assessment tools which are global leaders and certainly the most popular tools used by organisations in the UK and Ireland. Our assessments cover all aspects of psychometric assessment including personality, ability, motivation and interest. Most of our assessment tools are online which ensure efficient integration within recruitment workflows.

Measurability specialises in working with organisations that don’t have the time or resource to introduce their own in-house assessments. We also work with organisations who want to trial the benefits of psychometrics before investing. Working with Measurability will enable your organisation experience the benefits of psychometrics without investing in training, material, technology or licenses.

For more information visit our website or email info@measurability.ie

Ability tests play an essential part in the recruitment and selection process for many organisations. They provide objective information to help companies make hiring decisions. Research has proven that Ability Tests will increase the chances of hiring the right staff as they enable you to measure an applicants current ability and future potential. Two of the most common Ability Tests are Verbal Ability Tests and Numerical Ability Tests.Paper and Pencil v Online Ability TestsNormally ability tests are carried out in a classroom environment in paper and pencil format. Advances in technology have resulted in many ability tests being available online. The obvious benefits of online testing include;

- ability to sift large numbers of applicants very quickly

- removed the need to bring applicants on-site to complete the tests and the logistics involved

- ability to assess candidates who are situated in different regions.

Summed they save time and money while involving candidates in a fair and objective process.

There was a big question mark about letting applicants complete ability tests online remotely. Was the applicant actually doing the test themselves. To combat this it was recommended that all applicants invited for interview were retested on the day of the interview. Sounds like hard work!!

There is now a online tool called Verify which enables online ability tests while combating the outlined problem. It offers a new superior approach to unsupervised online testing.

If you are interested in psychometric testing, ability tests or personality questionnaire feel free to contact us for more information.